Governador Valadares, MG: pegmatite gem district

ROCKHOUNDING OPEN / LEGAL DOCUMENTED

Where: Brazil · South America · approx. -18.85, -41.95 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Doce valley mica and gem pegmatite center since the 1940s, home of the Golconda mine and the Brazil Gem Show

What turns up: buy: tourmaline, aquamarine, chrysoberyl, brazilianite, mica-book specimens; eyes-only at working pegmatites

Access: Open / legal.

Buy from town dealers and the Brazil Gem Show legally; the pegmatite mines around the city are private ANM claims, visits and any collecting by owner invitation only

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.